SiS: Australian Petrified Wood Slab - STUNNING 6. 5 " Full Round Specimen
Item History & Price
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This is a nice sized, really agatized, extra thick, complete and finely detailed petrified wood round from Australia!! The photo can't capture all the magnificent intricate detail in the fossilized growth structure, but the collector who ends up with this one is bound to be impressed. This one has a lot of fine wood growth structure and looks great under magnification as well. The color is typical of the&...nbsp;other petrified wood I've seen from this location which is fairly unique among wood sites around the world. This one has very tight growth rings and rays. The wood grain is uniform and well defined and the color is very pleasing to the eye. It's a very interesting, perfectly polished, uniquely colored and very pretty round! This is one of the nicer pieces we've been able to auction! It's taken quite a while, but we've finally managed to find a source for some top grade petrified wood from the last continent of the 6 continents that grow trees! Australia has long been known to have some absolutely world class petrified wood specimens, but getting the material shipped here from there has proven to be a cost prohibitive barrier for most collectors (including this one). I finally managed to negotiate a deal that kept the price of the finished specimens reasonable and I'm ready to start sharing the fruits of this multi-year search with other petrified wood and stone collectors! The petrified wood in Australia almost looks like it could come from the Pacific Northwest - which is saying a lot! The logs are typically water worn and smooth, but preserved in an exceptional high grade agate. The wood reminds me a lot of the petrified driftwood specimens we find here at the Rogers Mountain dig in Oregon, but the Australian logs have better wood grain and often have the heart of the log still preserved perfectly in the specimen (Rogers Mountain is usually just chunks of driftwood without the heart). The agatization is some of the best I've seen in petrified wood from any location. It takes a fantastic polish which really brings out every detail in the finely patterned growth rings and even the cell structure is easily visible under a hand lens. At first glance, this wood appears to be a conifer like the fir trees we find around here, but under magnification the cell structure looks more complicated and I'm uncertain as to the true species. It has the wavy ray structure between each clearly visible growth ring that reminds me of juniper or spruce. What I can tell you is that it's beautiful and very well prepared so you end up with a world class specimen for your own collection and study! This round appears to be reasonably complete and virtually flawless. It was sliced from the center of a log, and is preserved in natural, rich wood tone colors with a few hints of red for a nice accent. The heart is nicely centered in this round - a great collector piece! The polish is world class - just what you've come to expect when you buy from Sticks-in-Stones Lapidary! This piece measures about 6 3/8" across the polished face and is cut about 1/2" thick. Weight is 1.02 lbs. Stands sold separately. Sticks-in-Stones Lapidary is happily providing UPS shipping to greatly reduce shipping charges on large rock orders. We will combine all of your purchases from our shop to bring you the greatest possible value in fine Lapidary & stone collectibles!
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